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It is rare in international cricket that so many players have announced their retirement from the game in such a short time. In the last 6 days, 5 big players have announced their retirement, everyone has different reasons behind their decision. This series started with Shikhar Dhawan's decision to retire on 29 August.
After this, England's fast opener David Malan, West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, Australia's only 26-year-old player Will Pukowski and Indian fast bowler Barinder Sran also announced their retirement by August 29. Amidst all this, while some players are rarely seen playing on the field, some have already announced to play in other T20 leagues.
Dhawan and Gabriel decided to play in LLC
Shikhar Dhawan played his last international match in the year 2022, after which he has been seen playing only in the IPL. When Dhawan announced his retirement from international cricket as well as domestic cricket, everyone was surprised as it was expected that he would play in the IPL for a few more years. Dhawan made his decision to retire completely clear. After this, Dhawan talked about playing in the Legends League, in which world cricket stars have been seen playing after retirement.
Legends League Cricket is a big reason
League of Legends cricket is a big reason behind the retirement of many players. Here they get a chance to play without pressure. Apart from Dhawan, West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel also announced his retirement and decided to play for LLC. In the Legends League Cricket player auction, Gujarat team bought Gabriel for Rs 17 lakh. Shikhar Dhawan is also a part of the Gujarat team in which he will be seen playing with Chris Gayle.
Mala decided to retire after being ignored
David Malan, who once played the role of an important opening batsman in all three formats for England, has decided to retire after the ODI World Cup 2023 after being constantly ignored by the selectors. Malan is considered one of the most aggressive batsmen in world cricket, he has become the second England player after Jos Buttler to score a century in all three formats. However, Malan will definitely be seen playing in county cricket and T20 Blast.
This is the big reason behind Will Pukowski's retirement
When Will Pukowski made his international debut for Australia, he was considered one of the stars of the future, even legendary Kangaroo player Ricky Ponting praised him. However, Pukowski had to take the decision to say goodbye to the game at the age of just 26. Will Pukowski was so unlucky that he was hit on the head not once or twice but a total of 13 times by the ball.
This is the reason why he is now forced to retire. Koski took this big decision after the recommendation of a panel of medical experts. Pukowski kept getting head injuries but the last injury in March proved fatal for him.
Barinder Sran decided to retire at the age of 31
Left-arm fast bowler Barinder Sran, who made his debut under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on the evening of 29 August. He gave the reason behind taking this decision at the age of just 31 and said that it was the right time for him to retire. It is not clear yet whether he will be seen playing in the upcoming season of Legends League Cricket or not, but this is also being considered a reason behind his retirement.